The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1887-02-19
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master of Hagerstown.
Henry johnson, colored, was found dead
| in his bed at Annapolis last Tuesday morn
ing.
John Campbell was killed in Baltimore on
Saturday by bank of earth falling upon and
burying him.
A tornado blew down a number of build
ings at Hampden, Baltimore county, last
Friday afternoon.
A Land and improvement company has
been organized at Havre de Grace. Its OBJ
iect is the improvement and enlargement OF
the place.
A sugar refinery will be started near Baltl-
more, shortly. Baltimore once took lead
ing position in the sugar refining business,
and an effort is to be made to revive 1t.
The non-political complimentary dinner to
Mr.. j. Frank Turner, comptroller of the State
treasury, las been fixed for Monday evening
| of next week at the Merchants Club. About
fifty persons will participate.
tally shot and killed John J. Satterfeld, aged
IA wears, with a cat and-rat rife in the feed
store of George F. Poehlman, Waverly,
Baltimore county, on Saturday afternoon.
Catoctin iron furnaces are again in full blast
after an enforced suspension of five weeks,
caused by an explosion of one of the large
| boilers. About $50 men are now employed
at this establishment, and large quantity OF
a superior quality of pig iron is being turn
ed out daily.
Samuel Posner, of Posner Bros, Baltimore,
was called away to New York on Saturday to
attend the bedside of his mother, who died
some time after his arrival, from Bright's dis
ease. She was in the 10Th year OF her age,
and had resided in New York the best part OF
her life, where her mother is still living at the
advanced age of 101 years.
Levin Cohee, about thirty years old, was
found Wednesday morning hanging by leather
reins from tree in the woods about two miles
east of Greensboro, Caroline county. 1t is
supposed he committed suicide on Tuesday
while in respondent mood. He was I'M
married. and owned small farm in the neigh
berhood, on which he lived alone.
At meeting of the Montgomery Co. Agri-
cultural Society on Wednesday complaint was
made that the hay market of Washington,
D. c., was controlled by one man, that there
was no competition and prices were such as
dictated by this one man. A resolution was
passed requesting all the farmers to bail their
hay and ship it tc Baltimore and to buy their
fertilizers and other supplies in that city until
the abuse complained of at Washington is
corrected.
Can't. Cassell, the genial superintendent of
Druid Hill Park, is proud man, for on Sat
urday morning another camel came at 7.3O
O'Clock by the overland express. The new
conner is the second baby camel born in
Druid Hill Park. 1t is male, the first one
having been a female. tits comical looking
arrangement, and is composed mainly of legs
and neck; it is about five feet tall and four
feet long. and but for the two extra legs and
its light brown color would look somewhat
like an ostrich
Editor William II. Richardson and William
Wagner, both of whom are serving out SEN
fences in the Baltimore county Jail, at Tow
sontown, the former for libeling Judge Fowl
er and the latter for killing Ambrose Aderson,
had dispute few days ago in the cell which
they Jointly occupied. 1t is said that in the
course of some remarks consequent upon
Richardson's knocking over a chair Wagner
called him a liar and Richardson struck
Wagner twice in the face. They were sepa-
rated with little damage.
The final distribution of the property liti-
gated in the contest over the will of John
FOLLY Johns, who died August II, 1881, was
completed on Tuesday by the recording at
Towsontown, of deed of the Dover farm,
1925 acres, for the consideration of 10000,
from Col. Stewart Brown and Major John l..
Yellott, trustees, to Mrs. Anna K. Caldwell,
wife of Dr. John J. Caldwell. This deed rep
resents Mrs. CALDWELL share after the pay
ment of about SIS, 600 as counsel fees to Mr..
|. Nevett Steele, Major John |. Yellott and
Charles E. Garritee, her attorneys. Mrs. L.
Harris Hodges, the other heir, and her coun-
sci, MessR. Brown & Bruno, Arthur W..
: uiiusl.k. Ssxett Steele, received a like
nausrha will and